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		mden on Aug 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Project Euler Returns A noob question I suppose, but couldn't the salt be generated deterministically from the email and still serve it's purpose?

pushrax on Aug 15, 2014 [–]

Then it's just a more complicated hash function.

mden on Aug 15, 2014 | [–]

Ah of course. Thanks.

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